Williams, Percy N album

Date
[Circa 1930s]
By
Williams, Percy N, active 1930s; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951
Reference
PA1-o-535
Description

Photograph album compiled by Percy N Williams who was Chief Clerk in the Public Works Department in Western Samoa ca 1930-1935. Includes photographs of village scenes, and construction projects, some of which were taken by A J Tattersall (photographers).

Scenes of road construction show rolling coral, and a bitumen heater; there are also views of dam construction; and construction of school buildings at Vaipouli.

Two images show a huge log labelled "External Affairs, No. 1, Wellington, NZ"

There are two views of a tombstone commemorating Anthony Kolar who died on November 29, 1929 (cabin boy on the yacht "Carnegie")

Source of title - Title supplied by Library

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Album covered with tapa cloth; 26.5 x 30.5 cm

Provenance: Donated by Mrs B J Morris, Wellington, 1980

Access restrictions
No access restrictions
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album covered with tapa cloth; 26.5 x 30.5 cm
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